Faculty

Dr. xk星空官网 graduated with a Bachelor degree in accounting from the Central University of Finance and Economics of China, a master degree in applied mathematics from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, and a PhD degree in Accounting from the University of Maryland at College Park. He was an Assistant Professor in Accounting at the City University of Hong Kong from 2016 to 2023. His research interests include financial reporting and auditing. Currently, his primary research interest is on the intersection of labor economics and accounting research. His work has published in top accounting journals such as The Accounting Review.
Publication
1. Ham, C., Hann, R. N., xk星空官网, W., & Yang, J. (2026). Disclosing Work-From-Home flexibility to compete for talent? Evidence from job postings. Review of Accounting Studies, forthcoming.
2. xk星空官网, B., xk星空官网, Y., Pittman, J., & xk星空官网, W. (2026). Auditors’ response to cybersecurity risk: Human capital investment and cross-client influence. Contemporary Accounting xk星空官网, forthcoming.
3. xk星空官网, Q., Qin, B., Wang, W., & xk星空官网, Z. (2026). Leveraging the reputation of being socially responsible: Evidence from firms’ online job postings. Journal of Management, forthcoming.
4. Du, Y., Guo, D., Qi, B., & xk星空官网, W. (2026). Travel restriction and analysts' information acquisition and production. Pacific-Basin Finance Journal, 112, 103107.
5. Ham, C., Hann, R. N., Rabier, M., & xk星空官网, W. (2025). Auditor skill demands and audit quality: Evidence from job postings. Management Science, 71(7), 5805-5829.
6. Hann, R. N., Kim, H., xk星空官网, W., & Zheng, Y. (2020). Information frictions and productivity dispersion: The role of accounting information. The Accounting Review, 95(3), 223-250.
Hiring
If you have a “xk星空官网 mind” and enjoy the process of discovering something new. Welcome to join the team as a post-doc or a xk星空官网 assistant. I am open to explore different xk星空官网 topics as long as they are interesting. You are strongly encouraged to apply if you want to work in topics related the human capital perspective of accounting/finance/auditing xk星空官网.
1. PostDoc
Requirements:1. PhD degree in Accounting or Finance; 2. can efficiently use SAS/STATA/Python; 3. Good English writing and communication skill; 4. Knows NLP or ML Algos
Annual salary: about 50k USD; Duration: 2 years
2. xk星空官网 Assistant
Requirements:1. MS or BS degree; 2. can use SAS/STATA/Python; 3. Knows NLP or ML algos
Monthly salary: 8000 RMB
Please send your cv to wangwf@sustech.edu.cn with email title “Postdoc_name” or “RA_name”.


